Politics

Approximately $9 Million to be Returned to Victims of Oil and Gas Ponzi Scheme

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that the government will return approximately $9,000,000 in forfeited funds to the victims of a Ponzi scheme allegedly perpetrated by the late Ashvin Zaveri of Honeoye Falls, New York. More than 120 victims...

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Insider Trading Charges Announced Against Two Former Stock Brokers in Scheme That Netted $1 Million

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mary Galligan, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Wednesday announced conspiracy and...

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Payroll Agent Sentenced for Embezzling More Than $1 Million from Land O’Lakes

Tuesday in federal court in St. Paul, a former payroll agent for Land O’Lakes was sentenced for embezzling more than $1 million from the company.

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Former Controller for Stockton Corporation Arrested for Embezzling More Than $950,000

Chris Barna, 33, of Manteca, was arrested today for a 20-count indictment brought by a grand jury on November 21, 2012, charging him with embezzling more than $950,000 from his employer M & C Association Management Services Inc., United States...

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Former Employee of Aurora Defense Contractor Pays $60,000 Penalty and Acknowledges Improperly Obtaining Competitors’ Bid and Proposal Information

The United States Attorney for the District of Colorado announces that a former employee of Paragon Dynamics, a defense contractor based in Aurora, has agreed to pay $60,000 for improperly obtaining competitors’ bid and proposal information on...

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Former California Campaign Committee Treasurer Sentenced for Fraud

U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller sentenced Kinde Durkee, 59, of Long Beach, California, Wednesday to eight years and one month in prison for five counts of mail fraud related to a long-running scheme in which she misappropriated millions of...

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Former City Employee Charged in $1 Million Scam

An indictment was unsealed Wednesday charging three people, including a former city employee, in a scheme to defraud the city of Philadelphia of more than $1 million, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger, FBI Special Agent in Charge...

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Former Mint Hill Fire Chief Agrees to Plead Guilty to Public Corruption

The former fire chief of the Mint Hill Volunteer Fire Department has agreed to plead guilty to embezzling more than $225,000 from the Town of Mint Hill and the Fire Department, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of...

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